Page 68 of Broken Oath

“Too many,” Sniper said.

“Not for long.”

Fathom began eliminating them.

The pilots knew the insertion coordinates but not the target’s history.

Several analysts knew Rahman’s location but not the final timetable.

Communications staff knew the frequencies but not the extraction route.

Names disappeared.

Click.

Gone.

Click.

Gone.

The list became smaller.

And smaller.

And smaller.

Until only seven names remained.

Rear Admiral Thomas Grayson.

Director Alan Madow.

Senator Richard Vance.

General Robert Sheffield.

Deputy Intelligence Director Walter Graves.

Commander Jerry Rhodes.

Mac Stenson.

Nobody spoke.

Seven people.

Seven individuals who had access to everything.

The target.

The insertion route.

The extraction route.

The call signs.

The timetable.